This was a hard day for me. I ended up in the bathroom twice, but still managed to run a PR. The actual running was fairly well executed, but when you have to stop like that its hard to get to your goal. More later. The splits: 1 - 6:15 2 - 6:07 3 - 5:48 4 - 5:51 5 - 6:03 6 - 5:44 7 - 5:58 8 - 6:41 9,10 - 12:46 11 - 6:30 12 - 6:05 13 - 7:09 (in the bathroom) 14 - 5:46 15 - 5:39 16 - 5:41 17 - 5:58 18 - 5:47 19 - 6:38 20 - 7:27 (bathroom again) 21 - 5:30 22 - 6:07 23 - 5:57 24 - 5:54 25 ,26 - 12:20 I started off pretty well and held back just about where I wanted. Near the top of the Veyo hill I stated to feel my stomach and the pace slacked off a bit. I finally decided to take a pit stop at 13 and came out feeling pretty good so I stepped up the pace. That worked well until 19 or so when I stated to feel my stomach again. Another break in the bathroom and I got back to it. I was starting to get tired and dehydrated from the heat and from playing catchup. Over the last two miles my hamstring was close to pulling so I had to lay back slightly. I think the heat contributed to my problems today, but I'm going to have to think about my diet and make sure this doesn't happen again. I suppose we all have to have an off day at some point. This was about as good an outcome as I can hope for given the circumstances. Still it was a fun race and it was a beautiful morning even if it was a little warm. | 